1. RESILIENT LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITIES
GIPA Unit, Enabling Environment and Human Rights
National Family Planning Board (NPFB)
MODULE 16
Resilient Leadership

2. Key Populations
UNAIDS considers gay men and other men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people and people who inject drugs as the four main key population groups, but it acknowledges that prisoners and other incarcerated people also are particularly vulnerable to HIV and frequently lack adequate access to services.
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines – Geneva: UNAIDS.

3. Marginalised
A marginalised population is a group of people that is excluded from full participation in society. Marginalisation includes the withholding of political rights, economic opportunity, and social integration.
Source: Reference.com. n.d. “What is a marginalized population?” Available at:

4. Vulnerable Populations
Vulnerable populations include the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, the uninsured, low-income children, the elderly, the homeless, those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and those with other chronic health conditions, including severe mental illness.
Source: American Journal of Managed Care “Vulnerable Populations: Who Are They?” Available at:

5. Community Mobilisation
Community mobilisation is when the community recognises a problem that affects the whole community and works to solve that problem together.
There is a difference between geo-spatial communities and special populations communities.
An example:
In the case of AIDS, it is recognised that AIDS affects many individuals in various populations and is a threat to everyone in the wider community. To solve the problem everyone needs to take action to prevent it and to support and care for those infected.

6. People Living with HIV: Vulnerable, key,
Closing thoughts
People Living with HIV: Vulnerable, key,
& marginalised